Letter to John McIntosh, Savannah [Ga.]
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Title
Letter to John McIntosh, Savannah [Ga.]
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779
The Carolinas and Georgia
Names
McIntosh, Lachlan, 1725-1806 (Author)
McIntosh, John (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1784-04-07
Place: Darien, Ga.
Library Location
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
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Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. Endorsed, 1 page. 4o
Abstract
Sends five of his negroes with five kegs of oysters; his mother desires that three of them be sent to his uncle.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 1305
Archives EAD ID: 275586
Archives Components ID: 645
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a8ec8760-6a40-0139-4afb-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to John McIntosh, Savannah [Ga.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1784. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a8ec8760-6a40-0139-4afb-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1784). Letter to John McIntosh, Savannah [Ga.] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a8ec8760-6a40-0139-4afb-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to John McIntosh, Savannah [Ga.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a8ec8760-6a40-0139-4afb-0242ac110002
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